Cobb Theatres upgrades for 3-D movies

Birmingham's Cobb Theatres said today it has upgraded 10 of its locations with new 3-D technology for displaying movies.

The installations come as a flurry of 3D movies will be arriving in theaters over the next few years -- 13 in 2009 alone. The list starts with Disney's "Bolt 3D" that opened this past weekend.

"The technology is much more advanced than where it has been in the past, and provides a movie going experience that will amaze our customers," Jeremy Welman, chief operating officer of Cobb Theatres, said in a statement.

"We have always tried to be at the forefront of industry innovation, and this is a major statement that we are making to the communities in which we do business."

Cobb operates 187 movie screens at 13 theaters throughout the Southeast. Locations in Tuscaloosa and Gulf Shores were among getting the upgrade. 
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